1. Ancient Egyptian Culture
Part 5 – Mythology

2. Egyptian deities Ra Osiris Set Horus Isis Anubis Thoth Hathor Amun

3. Ra sun god represented the creative force of the sun
created the world from a watery chaos
commonly depicted as a hawk-headed man with the solar disc on his head
many pharaohs worshipped him

4. Amun also a sun god, king of gods linked to Ra
originally worshipped locally in Thebes
grew to become a national deity
generations of pharaohs adopted as patron deity
Tutankhamun

5. Osiris ruler of the underworld among the most important Egyptian gods
still celebrated in festivals dedicated to him
brought agriculture to Egypt
taught the people how to farm and harvest grain
murdered by his brother made whole again by his wife

6. Isis wife of Osiris goddess of magic Mother of Horus
most important of the Egyptian goddesses
spread the farthest, as far as Europe and Persia
watching over the pharaoh and the throne
grew to include queen of the underworld and agriculture

7. Horus sky god man with the head of a falcon
associated with the sun god Ra
dutiful son of Osiris
when Set murdered Osiris, Horus avenged his father and killed Set
leads the deceased to the underworld

8. Set brother of Horus also his enemy
a man with a demonic head, resembling that of an aardvark
patron god of the pharaohs of Lower Egypt
started to be portrayed as a more evil and chaotic god

9. Anubis god of mummification and the dead man with the head of a jackal
presides over all things to do with death and dying
embalmed Osiris (the first mummy)
Osiris later took over
oversees the weighing of the person's heart

10. Thoth god of writing, counting, wisdom also associated with the moon
helped Isis heal Osiris
reports to the other gods whether the deceased is to be accepted into the underworld

11. Hathor
goddess of women, life,childbirth, happiness and anything to do with the joy of life
used to be Horus’s mother, until Isis worship grew stronger